When Yue Shu was found by Ming Yuanhan, she was just an ordinary woman with no memories, a wandering, homeless soul. Like a fledgling imprinting on its parent, she fell hopelessly in love with Ming Yuanhan.
She followed him into the immortal sect, traveled the land with him, and watched him shine with youthful confidence. Then the genius fell into ruin. The once-beloved Daoist heir of Tianyuan Mountain fell into demonic cultivation, hated by all, but Yue Shu still refused to leave him. She crossed thousands of miles of deadly roads just to stay by his side.
When Ming Yuanhan turned to demonic cultivation, she abandoned the Dao to follow him.
When Ming Yuanhan fled to the Demon Realm, she became the blade in his hand, cutting down every enemy in his path.
Yue Shu did everything in the world to show Ming Yuanhan her devotion, but could never move his heart of stone.
Everyone knew Yue Shu was infatuated with Ming Yuanhan. Everyone knew Ming Yuanhan didn't love her. The Demon Lord's palace was filled with songs, dancing, and countless beautiful women, but Yue Shu alone was not the one he loved. He treated her like she wasn't there and refused to be close to her.
Until one day, an old enemy disguised herself and infiltrated the Demon Lord's palace, intending to bewitch him with a love spell. By mistake, she cast it on Yue Shu instead.
The love spell of the Southern Region confuses the soul of whoever it strikes, making them fall hopelessly in love with the first person they see.
When Yue Shu opened her eyes, she saw an assassin trembling beneath Ming Yuanhan's sword. The woman wasn't breathtakingly beautiful, but Yue Shu fell in love with her at first sight.
In the Demon Lord's great hall, Yue Shu drew her sword against someone for the first time, gravely wounding the Ming Yuanhan she had once loved. Ignoring the Demon Lord's icy stare, she turned and took the assassin back to Han Guang Hall, leaving Ming Yuanhan behind to watch her go, his fingertips digging into his palm until blood streamed down.
From the first moment Ming Yuanhan saw Yue Shu, he knew she had been struck by the love spell. She was a person bound to fall into love as part of her trial.
She would fall in love with the first person she saw, experience a passionate, heart-wrenching love, then see through it, let go with grace, and leave to forge her own path to the heavens.
Ming Yuanhan was only a pawn in her trial, but he refused to be a pawn. Even more, he couldn't bear the thought of the day Yue Shu would leave him.
The Demon Lord Ming Yuanhan had long since lost everything.
Except for Yue Shu, whom he didn't love.
He would never fall in love with Yue Shu. Never, ever.
Until that day, when Yue Shu took a blow meant for him. The love spell entered her body, and the person in her heart changed.
Only then did she learn that love did not mean there was no one but him.
1. Everything in the story serves the plot.
2. A melodramatic, angsty romance, full of familiar tropes.
Theme: Honesty is just as important as love
